Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 12:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 12:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 12:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people, after staying in a place called Hazeroth, moved to a new area called the wilderness of Paran to set up their tents. They were on a big journey to a special place promised to them by God.

Numbers 12:16: And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

Contradiction with Exodus 40:36-37

These verses describe the Israelites' movement being strictly guided by the cloud, while Numbers 12:16 implies they moved from Hazeroth to the wilderness of Paran without direct mention of a command from the cloud at that moment.

Exodus 40:36-37: And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: [went onward: Heb. journeyed]

Contradiction with Numbers 9:17-18

This verse specifies that the Israelites journeyed only at the command of the Lord, while Numbers 12:16 mentions the move to the wilderness of Paran but doesn’t explicitly repeat that command, leaving potential ambiguity.

Numbers 9:17-18: And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
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